Enhanced velocity mixed finite element methods for modeling coupled flow and transport on non-matching multiblock grids

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-625

  Thomas, Sunil G ^a   Wheeler, Mary F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled flow and transport; Enhanced velocity mixed FEM; EVMFEM; Multiblock grids; Porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 80053124874     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-011-9227-5     Document Type: Article

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